Poly chess championship: join us now

[Harovan]

I don't object ljcvetko to take over zorbops place in the first group, but of course the games already started should be newly replayed and not just taken over.

[Ljube]

Thanks Sir Ralph.
And naturally I do appreciate your suggestion to start new games.
If all of you accept this, I can start new games immediately.

[Harry Seldon]

If you'd like to warm up before playing the masters, I'll play your first match. Will you start the thread and take the first move?

[Ljube]

Thread started.

Our game

[Julius Brenzaida]

Originally posted by Carolus Rex
I sent Julius Brenzaida a private message about the games; hopefully he'll show up.

With all respect for the currently active players, whoever emerges as the strongest one will have to face JB IMHO before calling himself the Apolyton champ. Julius hasn't even let a draw out of his hands...

Carolus

Thanks Carolus.
Some games were pretty close, especially the last one.
(The scotch with the bishop ending)

[Julius Brenzaida]

As you may gather from the time it took me to answer Carolus' post, I am quite busy.

I was once known as the Apolyton champ long ago, by winning games in this very forum, that's what Carolus talked about.

It's nice to see all those games going and all this interest for chess in this forum

It is impossible for me to keep the pace, I have too much work and I like to spend time on almost every move.

Here's what I can propose. If a champion comes out of your tournament(s), I would gladly oppose him in a single match, with, let's say, "a move a week at least" pace (it doesn't forbid to go faster).

I don't have time for more, so I perfectly understand if you don't accept the challenge the way I present it. I am no Fischer and no Kasparov, neither in my level of playing, neither in the desire to hold my title by any tricky means.

If I can play the winner under my conditions (or some other propositions that I would agree), that's fine. Otherwise, I can be seen as a "retired" champ that won't blame IBM, FIDE, Braingames or Apolyton, and that's also fine with me.

Keep on playing all those nice games !

[DrSpike]

Hehe if only the real chess world worked that way.

[Ljube]

I would like to start a game with Jaguar Warrior.
Since I'm playing in stead of zorbop, I'm white in this one.
Here's the thread.

ljcvetko - Jaguar Warrior game

[Ljube]

Sir Ralph, you also seem to have completed (won !!!???)all other games, so I suggest you start a new thread with you as white

[Harovan]

Fine with me. Here is it.

[Zevico]

I'd like to play...am I too late (I didn't read most of the thread, sorry )

[Harry Seldon]

I think you need to find someone to pair with, then you get in on a tourney of six.

[Carolus Rex]

Seems that a 150-year-old chess problem has been solved. Full story can be found here:

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/news/2003-08-06/magictours/

Carolus

[Carolus Rex]

You'll find a link to the programmers' site in the piece I linked to.

Carolus

[DrSpike]

I decided there were none years ago. They should have just mailed me and I would have said.